November 6, 2008

November 6, 2008

Dear Families,

While studying the letter Ss we learned about spiders and sharks. The kindergartners pretended that some Super Socks gave them special powers. In their journals they told the teachers what super powers the Super socks gave them. The kindergartners learned the following blends this week: sl, st, sn, sp sm, and spl. Boys and girls have 5 new flashcards. These high frequency words can be sounded out, but reading is easier if they can remember it quickly without having to sound them out each time. Cut these flashcards apart and practice them OFTEN!

We enjoyed meeting with some of our kindergarten families at conferences this week. We look forward to meeting the rest on Monday! We will have another set of conferences, and they will be in February. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know!

School is dismissed at 12:20 on Monday, November 10th! Bus students are dismissed at 12:25. Please do not forget!

Next week we will be studying the letter Ff. For sharing please send something that starts with the letter Ff. Because of our special field trip on Thursday, the Thursday kids may bring their sharing any day BUT THURSDAY next week!

On Thursday the kindergartners will be going to the UNI museum. We will leave at about 8:30 in the morning so BE HERE ON TIME! We will return at about 12:00 noon, and we will be eating lunch in the classroom.

We have noticed that some of the boys and girls are still in need of new crayons. You may replace them with boxes of 16 or 24 crayons. Check with your kindergartner to see if the glue stick needs to be replaced also.

Thanksgiving is coming up! School will be dismissed early on Wednesday, November 26th. Students that walk home or are picked up are dismissed at 2:20. Bus students are dismissed at 2:25. There will be no school on Thursday, November 27th or Friday, November 28th.

Remember, there is no school on Friday, November 7th!

The Redhawk football team plays in the quarterfinal round of state playoffs on Friday, November 7th. The game is in Traer at 7:00 p.m. against HLV of Victor. Tickets cost $6 per person.

As the weather starts turning colder we must think about boots, snowpants, hats, mittens, and coats. Please make sure that your child is prepared for cold, wet weather. Please put your child’s name in every piece of outerwear brought to school.

Have a nice weekend!

Mrs. Owens, Ms. Howard, Mrs. Herink, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Zabel,Mr. Degner